Corset.



Patented Aug. l5, I899.

D. KOPS.

C 0 R S E T. (Applicatiofl filed May 29, was.

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL KOPS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CORSET.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 631,079, dated August15, 1899.

Application filed May 29, 1899. Serial No. 718,656. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

I Be it known that I, DANIEL KOPs, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York city, in the county and State of New York, haveinvented an Improvement in Corsets, of which the following is aspecification. V

In the present style of corsets the sides are out high on the hips. Thisstyle of corset is disadvantageous with both slight and stout figuredpersons. With slight persons the figure cannot be amplified, and withstout persons the lower edge of the corset is liable to press into theflesh over the hips, especially when in a sitting position; and theobject ofmy invention is to overcome these difficulties and toimprove'the figure of the wearer.

Y My invention consists of a corset having a flexible extensiblehip-section and a flexible underarm section, connected together at aboutor slightly below the Waist-line and at this point strengthened by astiffening-strip placed approximately horizontal and against which thehip-section bears. section is maintained flexible, and the hipsection ismade with parallel vertical central stays, between which stays there isa bellows plait, preferably taper-ended. I also employ diagonal sidestays and prefer to place one at each side of the two parallel centralstays. The diagonal stays are farthest apart at their upper ends, andtheir lower ends come close to the lower ends of the parallel centralstays, and said diagonal stays are inclined in the opposite direction tothe taper of the flexible hip-section. In my improved corset thebonepockets which are sewed to the fabric body at the front and back ofthe corset, and especially at the front, are set more slanting ordiagonal than usual, so as to provide for the said flexible sections atthe sides.

lug-strip is folded outward, and the flexible hip-section is connectedthereto and extends directly away from said section, so that there is nofold at the upper edge of the hip-section, and the parallel verticalstays and diagonal side stays at their upper ends stop against thestifiening-strip, so that in use the movement of the hip-section isstopped at about '50 the waist and a riding-up of the corsets under Theunder-arm v The lower edge of the under-arm section at the stiffenthearms is prevented. The stiffening-strip may be made with pockets andbones. The hip-section will conform to a slight figure, and the bellowsplait permits the same to be extended or expanded to conform to thestout figure. I prefer to make the under surface of the hip-section withend pockets, so as to hold a pair of removable stay-bones which extendvlengthwise across the hip-section over the hips and which may be usedfor the purpose of bowing the hip-section when the corset is worn by aperson of slight figure.

In the drawings, Figure l is an elevation showing the side of a corsetcontaining my improvement. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the inner surfaceof the same .at the lower end. Fig. 3 is a vertical section at 00 x, andFig. 4 is a horizontal section at y y, the said sections being ofexaggerated size. I

It will be noticed from the drawings that the bone-pocket strips a b care placed at a considerable inclinatiomextending from their upper endsback of the breast portion to their lower ends closely adjacent to thefront steel, and that the back-bone pockets (1 are placed very near theback bones and eyelets of the corset. This construction leaves space forand makes it possible to use a flexible hipsection e and a flexibleunder-arm section f, the two sections being connected at about orslightly below the waist-line. The section Fig. 3 shows the preferablemanner of connecting these two parts, wherein the lower edge of theunder-arm section f is folded outwardly and the upper edge of theflexible lii'p-sectione lies thereon and is joined at the sewing-line 2and extends directly away from the lower edge of the section f. Atthisplace I employ a stiffening-strip of fabric h, that extendsapproximately horizontally across the corset between the bone-pockets cand d. t' and 2" represent the parallel vertical central stays extendingover the flexible hip-section between the lower edge of the corset andthe stiflening-strip h. Between these stays i t" I employ a bellowsplait, preferably tapered toward both ends, so that when distended thegreatest degree of extension or expansion is at the center of thehip-section, and I prefer to employ with these parts the diagonal sidestays ll, the lower ends of which at the lower edge of the corset comeclose to the lower ends of the central stays and the upper ends of whichside stays come close to the ends of the stiffening-strip h, the saidupper ends being the widest apart, while the widest part of thehip-section is at the lower edge of the corset.

The under surface of the hip-section at the respective sides ispreferably made with end pockets m m to receive and hold a pair ofremovable stay-bones 0, and these stay-bones may be centrally guided byloops of fabric 3, sewed to the under side of the hip-section, and theyextend lengthwise across the hipsection. These removable stay-bones 0are advantageous where the corset is used by a person of slight figure,as then they may be employed to expand or extend the flexiblehip-section, so as to amplify the figure of the wearer, while with aperson of stout figure these stay-bones would not be used. With a personof slight figure the bellows plait would probably not come into use; butif the corset be worn by a person of stout figure the fleshy hip wouldfill and extend or expand the hip-section and pull out the bellowsplait, and said plait would act with the flexible hipsection to impartmore perfect form to the figure of the wearer and to confine the fleshbelow the corset.

The stiflening-strip h is especially advantageous in connection with thebone-pockets c and d to form a stop for the action of the hip-sectionand the central and diagonal stays in use, especially when the wearer ofthe corset sits down. This action is especially noticeable with a personof stout figure, where the hip-section would tend to rise slightly andextend outward more than the same would in a standing position, and therising action would cause the strain to be taken at about the waist uponthe fabric of the corset and the stiEening-st-rip h. The movement andthe strain being confined to these parts, the flexible under-arm sectionwould not be affected, and the corset would not have an unpleasanttendency to rise, as would be the case if there were no horizontal pointto check the movement of the hip-stays. The stiflening-strip 72.performs another office in that it covers the point of union of theflexible under-arm section and the flexible hip-section and preventsrubbing and loosening the sewed seam and prevents the edges of the foldacting injuriously to wear the outer garment.

I claim as my invention 1. A corset comprising with the fabric body andbone pockets a flexible hip-section, a stiffening-strip extending acrossat the upper edge of the same at about or slightly below the waist-line,a central bellows plait extending from the stifiening-strip to the loweredge of the corset and stays adjacent to said plait upon the surface ofthe flexible hip-section between the said stiffening-strip and the loweredge of the corset, substantially as set forth.

2. A corset comprising a fabric body and bone-pockets, ai'lexiblehip-scction extending from about or below the waist-line to thelower edge of the corset, a stilfening-strip along the upper edge of theflexible hip-section and sewed thereto, two parallel vertical centralstays upon the hip-section extending from the stiffening-strip to thelower edge of the corset and a bellows plait between the two centralstays to provide for the extension of the hipsection, substantially asset forth.

3. A corset comprising a fabric body and bone-pockets, a flexiblehip-section extending from about or below the waist-line to the loweredge of the corset, a 'stiEening-strip along the upper edge of theflexible hip-section and sewed thereto, two parallel vertical centralstays upon the hip-section extending from the stiffening-strip to thelower edge of the corset and a taper-ended bellows plait between the twocentral stays to provide for the extension of the hip-section anddiagonal stays also upon the surface of the flexiblehipsection betweenthe stiffening-strip and the lower edge of the corset, substantially asset forth.

4. A corset comprising a fabric body and bone-pockets, a flexiblehip-section extending from the lower edge to about or below thewaist-line, a flexible under-arm section extending from about thewaist-line to the upper edge of the corset, the lower edge of theunder-arm section being folded and the upper edge of the hip-section notfolded where the two are joined together by a line of sewing, astiffening-strip extending across the union of the hip and under-armsections and covering and protecting the fold, substantially as setforth.

5. A corset comprising a fabric body and bone-pockets, a flexiblehip-section extending from the lower edge to about the waistline, aflexible under-arm section extending from about the waist-line to theupper edge of the corset, the lower edge of the under-arm section beingfolded and the upper edge of the hip-section not folded where the twoare joined together by a line of sewing, a stiffening-strip extendingacross the union of the hip and under-arm sections and covering andprotecting the fold, two parallel vertical central stays upon thehip-section extending from the stiffening-strip to the lower edge of thecorset and a bellows plait between the two central stays to provide forthe expansion of the hip-section, and diagonal stays laid upon thesurface of the flexible hip-section between the stiffening-strip and thelower edge of the cor set, substantially as set forth.

(5. A corset comprising a fabric body and bone-pockets, a flexiblehip-section extending from about or below the waist-line to the loweredge of the corset, a stiffening-strip along the upper edge of theflexible hip-section and sewed thereto, two parallel vertical centralstays upon the hip-section extending the ends in said pockets,substantially as set forth.

from the stiffening-strip to the lower edge of the corset, and a bellowsplait between the two central stays to provide for the extension Signedby me this 24th day of May, 1899. of the hip-section, the end pocketsupon the 1 under surface of the hip-section and the removable stay-b0nes extending lengthwise across the under side of the hip-sectionwith DANIEL KOPS. \Vitnesses:

GEO. T. PINCKNEY, HAROLD SERRELL.

